Alyn Smith, SNP Member of the European Parliament, visited Queen Margaret University this week to discuss future EU funding opportunities, primarily through a programme called ‘Horizon 2020’ which will run from January next year.

Linda Fabiani, MSP for East Kilbride, welcomed Member of the European Parliament, Alyn Smith, back to the town last week. Alyn used his time in East Kilbride to visit the Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre to discuss European funding and to hear of their ongoing work as well as recent projects such as the carbon dating of bone from the exhumed Richard III of England.

SNP MEP Alyn Smith is urging Scots to grab the opportunity on offer to shape the future of Europe’s research funding. The European Commission has opened applications for a body of experts to guide Horizon 2020, the European Union's future funding programme for research and innovation.